Oceanside, California and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton played host to the return of the Athletic Brewing IRONMAN® 70.3® Oceanside triathlon on Saturday, Oct. 30. With many of triathlon’s best on hand, the event saw Ben Kanute (USA) repeat as overall winner with a finishing time of 3:46:31, while Paula Findlay (CAN) took top honors in the women’s professional race finishing with a time of 4:12:35.
Rounding out the men’s professional podium was Miki Taagholt (DEN), who came in second with a finish time of 3:48:55 and Sam Appleton (AUS.) who posted a 3:49:34 finishing time that was good for third place. On the women’s side, Emma Pallant-Browne (GBR) took second in 4:16:15, while Jeanni Metzler (ZAF) finished in third with a time of 4:20:52.
MALE PRO:
1 Ben Kanute USA 3:46:32
2 Miki Taagholt DNK +2:24
3 Sam Appleton AUS +3:03
4 Chris Leiferman USA +3:54
5 Jason West USA +4:35
FEMALE PRO:
1 Paula Findlay CAN 4:14:05
2 Emma Pallant GBR +2:10
3 Jeanni Metzler USA +6:47
4 Danielle Lewis USA +8:42
5 Grace Thek USA +11:36
The 2021 Athletic Brewing IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside triathlon saw nearly 1,600 athletes start the race. Competitors ranged in age from 18-80 years old. The event led athletes along a 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike and 13.1-mile run throughout southern coastal California. The competition began with a beach start that saw athletes swim around and exit in Oceanside Harbor before they embarked on the single-loop bike course that ventured through the rolling hills of Camp Pendleton and San Onofre Bluffs State Park. The flat and fast two-loop run course took athletes along the scenic southern California coast before an exciting finish on The Strand. The event offered a professional prize purse of $30,000 as well as age-group qualifying slots to the 2022 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship held in St. George, Utah.
Full results for the can be found at www.ironman.com/im703-oceanside-results.